• Nitre

    Origin

    French nitre, Latin nitrum native soda, natron.

    Full definition of nitre

    Noun

    nitre

    (uncountable)
    1. Standard spelling of niter
    2. (obsolete) native sodium carbonate; natron
      • Bible, Jer. ii. 22For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me.
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